Friday, February 8, 2013

SkyDrive adoption flounders as Windows Live Mesh cut-off looms

<p>Microsoft has revealed that just 40 per cent of Windows Live Mesh users have moved over to its online SkyDrive storage service, despite the switch-off date being less than a week away.</p><p>The software giant announced in December 2012 that Windows Live Mesh was to be superseded by a desktop-based version of SkyDrive, and the service retired on 13 February 2013.</p><p>The product was introduced in 2010 as part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite and allowed files to be synchronised across Windows and Mac operating systems and the web via SkyDrive.</p><p>Mesh users were also able to use the service to access other desktops remotely, as well as synchronise settings for Microsoft Office, for example.</p><p><a href="http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/saas/5267/skydrive-adoption-flounders-windows-live-mesh-cut-looms">Keep reading...</a></p>

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